… a depreciating rupee but the general slowdown in the economy, which has led to a decline in discretionary spends, especially for products which have local substitutes available at cheaper prices, with the exception of the very affluent consumers …

Jeff Pfeil of Pfeil Hardware at Third and State streets, a short walk from the Hudson, said boaters need not only hardware items but also bathroom tissue, paper towels, dish detergents and housewares, all items his store carries. "In the past, we got …

A new young affluent class that is interested in the finer things of life, not for the sake of showing off, but for having the best.” 'The bar is set so all vehicles are really … what is it that sets you as a brand apart? You have to do things to …

That's a strong indicator that the much-touted resilience of the upscale consumer is wearing thin, according to luxury consumer expert Pam Danziger. She covers how the spending patterns of today's affluent consumers — particularly those at the extreme …

"For our brand to grow, we simply need younger, more affluent buyers," said Frick, the Lincoln marketing manager, who said in another video message that the brand needed to take 60 per cent of its buyers from other luxury manufacturers, such as BMW, …

Published this past April, the 2013 survey, which incorporated responses from more than 30,000 runners, showed that today's core runners are highly educated, with 76% having earned a college degree, and affluent, with 73% reporting a household … to …

Yet their brands, so far, haven't turned tired or over-familiar, and by their own and analysts' estimates they are not much more than halfway to their potential size. Wall Street's push-pull. Each of these burgeoning retailers qualifies, on Wall Street …

In countries such as the UK and Denmark, traditional news brands dominate with 80 per cent or more of the online audience, whereas in Japan and the US, online-only news sites and aggregators are used far more by consumers. In the UK, the public still …

This is heightened in lower-tier cities, where the optimistic sentiment of middle-class and affluent consumers (MACs) has dropped by double digits this year. Research conducted by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)'s Center for Consumer and Customer …